More How-To
More Photo How-To Articles
Discover the wide range of photography techniques and how-tos in this varied selection of articles. You'll find tips on photography gear and travel, plus shooting techniques and solutions to common problems.
Web Optimization Part II
Working with sharpness, watermarks and metadata
 In the January/February issue, we addressed the concepts of examining your target audience and choosing the appropriate file size and image size for the intended display. Here, we’ll look at the important steps of applying sharpness and applying watermarks and using metadata. Watermarks are an essential tool for protecting your images when you make them available on the web, and metadata is extremely useful for both image protection and for making your images searchable so people can find you on the web.
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Just A Little Background Information
Blurry Backgrounds • A New-Sized Sensor? • Brighter Nights • Sharing CF Cards • Wishing On A Starburst
 I want to take wildflower images with the background thrown completely out of focus. The problem is that my telephoto lens (75-300mm) is an ƒ/5.6 lens, and I fear that it won’t do an acceptable job of making the background nothing more than color. Do I need a faster ƒ/2.8 telephoto to accomplish this technique?
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Geotagging
How to use technology to stay organized and track your photography
 Like many photographers, I take a lot of photos and struggle with the organizational aspects of my imaging workflow. While I do my best to tag images when importing them to my PC, I typically rely on the date and my memory to find the photos I’m looking for. That was before I started using geotagging.
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And The Meadow Said...
Being the best for the world
 Every four years, our country descends into the craziness of a presidential campaign. Perhaps I’m just getting old and cynical, but it seems that each time another one rolls around, we as a people disintegrate further into the politics of polarization and anger.
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Once Is Not Enough
The pluses and pleasures of backtracking
 The pitfalls of modern mass tourism are nothing new. Way back in the ’60s, satirists were already beginning to decry the “been there, done that” mentality of the dedicated sightseer.
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Close And Personal
Close-Up Sharpness • Water, Sky And Time • Blue Sky Blues • Fine-Art Prints
 Is there a fundamental problem with using close-up filters on zoom lenses?
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Web Optimization, Part I
Determine your audience and size your photos correctly for the Internet
 Optimizing photographs for display on the web is as essential as ever. While many photographers focus attention on optimizing photographs for print, it’s important to recognize how powerful first impressions can be with web-based photographs.
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HDR
“Surrealizing” The Landscape
 Last fall, I visited nearby Yosemite Valley to deliver a print and posters to The Ansel Adams Gallery. While heading home, I stopped at the Gates of the Valley turnout just in time for some sunset photography.
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The Tools For Travel
The Photo Traveler’s annual collection of gift ideas
 It’s the time of year to leave some gentle hints for friends and family as to what toys a traveling photographer might want to receive during the holiday season.
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